RACHEL JOAN HENRIQUES
Painter, b. Kingston, Jamaica W.I.
Rachel began her interest in art at an early age growing up in the culturally vibrant environment of Kingston. She started her formal art training in Toronto, Canada at the Ontario College of Art. During this period as an art student her works were published as the covers of two novels by an independent Canadian printing press.
Rachel obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a major in painting at the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland graduating Cum Laude in 1991. She moved to South Florida in 1995 and worked as a commercial artist, creating public murals in New York City and Miami Beach Florida for several high-net-worth clients. Her works are represented in private collections internationally.
She maintains a studio in downtown Miami, Florida.
Painter, b. Kingston, Jamaica W.I.
Rachel began her interest in art at an early age growing up in the culturally vibrant environment of Kingston. She started her formal art training in Toronto, Canada at the Ontario College of Art. During this period as an art student her works were published as the covers of two novels by an independent Canadian printing press.
Rachel obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a major in painting at the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland graduating Cum Laude in 1991. She moved to South Florida in 1995 and worked as a commercial artist, creating public murals in New York City and Miami Beach Florida for several high-net-worth clients. Her works are represented in private collections internationally.
She maintains a studio in downtown Miami, Florida.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
| 2017 | Pressing through. FAR Gallery. FAT Village, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA. |
| 2017 | National Gallery of Jamaica. Jamaica Biennial 2017. Jamaica W.I. |
| 2015 | Seventh All Media Juried Biennial. Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL, USA. |
| 2014 | 63rd All Florida Annual Juried Competition and Exhibition. Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton,Florida, USA. |
| 2014 | Hoi Polloi: Kaplan Gallery, Visarts, Rockville, MD, USA |
| 2013 | Lexicon: A Compendium Of Six Distinct Aesthetic Voices, Young At Art Museum, Davie, FL, USA |
| 2011 | Tri-County\Hart\ Exhibition, The Mayfair Hotel, Miami, FL, USA |
| 2011 | Tri-County\Hart\ Exhibition, The Bienes Center for the Arts at St.Thomas Aquinas, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA |
| 2011 | Tri-County\Hart\ Exhibition, 110NE TEN,Delray Beach, FL, USA |
| 2011 | Art Fallout 2011, Girls Club, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Fat Village, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA |
| 2011 | Young at Art Museum: The Art of Brew An Interactive Art Event, The Projects Space at Fat Village, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA |
| 2010 | National Gallery of Jamaica, Jamaica National Biennial 2010, Kingston, Jamaica W.I. |
| 2010 | 'Pushing Paint' Solo Show, Giovanni Rossi Fine Art, DCOTA, Dania Beach, FL, USA |
| 2010 | 'Recent Works' Urbanite Bistro, Miami, FL, USA |
| 2009 | 'Undefined' ARTSERVE, Broward County Florida Cultural Division, FL, USA |
| 1995 | 'Contemporary Art Show' St.Thomas University, Miami, FL, USA |
| 1993 | 'Imagine It-Self Portraits By Women' DIVA Arts Center, Art Science Warehouse, Washington, DC, USA |
AWARDS AND GRANTS
| 1992 | Reba Stewart Memorial Scholarship |
| 1992 | Maryland Institute Scholarship |
| 1991 | Maryland Institute Scholarship |
COLLECTIONS
Wall Street Access, New York, NY, USA
Constructa Development Corporation, Miami, FL, USA
Represented in private collections internationally.
Constructa Development Corporation, Miami, FL, USA
Represented in private collections internationally.